Aussie Rules Thread

Stories, predictions, hot takes for the 2024 season?

Before i do my ladder prediction later today:

I'm concerned about Port Adelaide, i'll think they'll be okay in the long run but idk about their defence. BZT and Ratagoulea aren't lifesavers, Soldo is a serviceable ruckman. I'm not saying they'll be terrible but I reckon they'll be 6th-8th and not as impressive as last year. Can see Hinkley getting the sack for Josh Carr at the end of the season and they'll push up in 2025-27.

not bad, but yea they did better than I thought lol

Sydney - top 3, extremely strong list. Great coach. Grand Final 2022 which everyone forgot about. They'll be premiership contenders for sure.

bang on


Carlton - will drop. Their stoppage game will be found out and exploited. They are still not a 4 quarter team, wildly inconsistent and had 3 games last year decided by extremely "unlikely to happen again" pivotal umpiring decisions. They'll finish 6th-10th.

correct!

My various predictions and musings about 2024:

- Carlton will finish in like 5th or 6th place I reckon. A dangerous side when they're on. Also what greys said RE 2 best forwards... Lol McKay is shit. Curnow I'll give you though, he is a gun even though he stages for frees. (wrong about mckay and carlton)
- I genuinely have no idea about Port, I'll have to see their pre-season match and maybe rounds 1/2 to get some sort of an idea. (this wasn't really a prediction)
- GWS' list is really solid and I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they finish top 4. (Got this one)
- Sydney is getting a lot of hype, I don't see it personally however they will be somewhere around the 8. They do have a lot of quality young players. (Technically I was right lol)
- Melbourne looked good tonight, the pre-season win will do a lot for them considering their off field drama. (wrong)
- Gold Coast have been talked about in terms of making the 8, I still reckon they're a year away from this. 2025 will be the year it'll happen. (Maybe)
- Collingwood looked OK in their pre-season match, I'll need to see the first couple of rounds as well to gauge them. (I was right to be iffy about them)
- Brisbane will probably make the top 4 again. They will want to go one better than last year (and I hope we stop them again haha) (Brisbane were 5th, close enough)
- Adelaide will make the 8 this year. They were very unlucky to miss out last year. (lol)
- Saints will also make the 8 again, they did it last year with a more raw list. (lol, though they looked good late. next year could be finals)

Haven't really thought about the other teams, they probably aren't in contention quite yet. I hope North Melbourne finish a few places higher, and I hope Hawthorn finish in the bottom four for another couple of years. (fuck)